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Is « shopping » masculine or feminine?

« shopping » is masculine. You say le shopping.

Article forms

Plural

The plural is shoppings (les shoppings). A noun keeps its gender in the plural; only the article stops showing it.

Why the gender

shopping ends in -ing. Nouns ending in -ing are usually masculine, so shopping follows the pattern. The full rules by ending cover every common suffix.

In a sentence

• Yoko a fait du shopping hier.
  Yoko went shopping yesterday.
• Où puis-je faire du shopping ?
  Where can I do some shopping?
• Les filles font du shopping.
  The girls go shopping.

Example sentences from Tatoeba, used under CC BY 2.0 FR. Each links to its source sentence.

Related words

Other common nouns that end the same way:

• parking
• poing
• bowling
• timing
• planning
• ring
• kidnapping
• camping

Common questions

Is « shopping » masculine or feminine?

« shopping » is masculine. You say le shopping.

Is it « la shopping » or « le shopping »?

It is « le shopping ». « la shopping » is incorrect.

Check another word, or read the complete guide to French noun gender.